When trade and shipping increased in Europe, many countries and towns made shipping laws, of which the first one was written around 1200.
In 1497 Dr. Herman Langenbeke mayor of Hamburg revised the shipping law of 1301/06 of the town.
The Paraguay stamps of 1972 shows the cover picture from the section of the sea law “Van Schiprecht” of 1497.
Paraguay 1972 50g sg?, scott 1435.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File ... HG.ajb.jpg Navicula and Internet.
